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Sir Israel Gollancz, born 1863; educated at the City of London School, University College London, Christ's College Cambridge, 1883-1887; degree awarded, 1887; Quain English Student and Lecturer, University College, 1892-1895; University Lecturer in English at Cambridge, 1896-1906; Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College London, 1903-1930; founding member and first Secretary of the British Academy, 1902-1930; President of the Philological Society, 1919-1922; died, 1930. Publications include: Pearl (London, 1891); Cynewulf's Christ (London, 1892); Exeter book of Anglo-Saxon poetry (London, 1895); Hamlet in Iceland (London, 1898); The sources of Hamlet (London, 1926). He was also editor of a number of important Shakespeare and other editions including The Temple Classics, The King's Library and The Mediaeval Library.
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The sketch was drawn by Dorothy Parker for a fellow student of Israel Gollancz and bequeathed to her son, Dr Peter Sullivan. It was then given to a friend of Dr Sullivan, Percy Young, and passed to Professor Curtis Price of the Faculty of Music at King's College and thence to the English Department in 1990. The drawing was transferred to the Archives in 2001.
GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP90 [1918-1921] Collection (fonds) 1 file Parker , Dorothy Ellen , fl 1900-1921 , English student at King's College London
Sir Israel Gollancz, born 1863; educated at the City of London School, University College London, Christ's College Cambridge, 1883-1887; degree awarded, 1887; Quain English Student and Lecturer, University College, 1892-1895; University Lecturer in English at Cambridge, 1896-1906; Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College London, 1903-1930; founding member and first Secretary of the British Academy, 1902-1930; President of the Philological Society, 1919-1922; died, 1930. Publications include: Pearl (London, 1891); Cynewulf's Christ (London, 1892); Exeter book of Anglo-Saxon poetry (London, 1895); Hamlet in Iceland (London, 1898); The sources of Hamlet (London, 1926). He was also editor of a number of important Shakespeare and other editions including The Temple Classics, The King's Library and The Mediaeval Library.
The sketch was drawn by Dorothy Parker for a fellow student of Israel Gollancz and bequeathed to her son, Dr Peter Sullivan. It was then given to a friend of Dr Sullivan, Percy Young, and passed to Professor Curtis Price of the Faculty of Music at King's College and thence to the English Department in 1990. The drawing was transferred to the Archives in 2001.
Department of English, King's College London.
A pencil sketch of Sir Israel Gollancz, Professor of English at King's College, by Dorothy Parker, and annotated 'Golly', a student nickname for the Professor, [1918-1921].
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London University Library: letters to Austin Dobson, 1989-1916.
Sources: King's College London Calendars, Dictionary of national biography, Who's Who. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2002 Drawings Gollancz , Sir , Israel , 1863-1930 , Knight , Professor of English King's College London Parker , Dorothy Ellen , fl 1900-1921 , English student at King's College London Visual materials Illustrations
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A pencil sketch of Sir Israel Gollancz, Professor of English at King's College, by Dorothy Parker, and annotated 'Golly', a student nickname for the Professor, [1918-1921].
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Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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London University Library: letters to Austin Dobson, 1989-1916.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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